The West of England Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre Limited

Registered charity 801155 Registered since 1989

Operates: Somerset, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bristol City, Newport City, Gloucestershire, Bath And North East Somerset, Cardiff, Monmouthshire

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

8 trustees on the board

2.6y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

13.6y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (5)

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 22Other services 2Business services 1

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Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2020

2021

2022

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2024

incomespending£525k latest income

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

16 from 14 in 2023

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

Brightwell Neurological Support Centre Limited 5 shared trustees

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Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.thebrightwell.org.uk
Email	hello@thebrightwell.org.uk
Phone	01454201686
Address	Bradbury House, Wheatfield Drive, Bradley Stoke, BRISTOL, BS32 9DB

Finances

£538,470 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£368,087	£298,353
2022	£494,365	£475,806
2023	£551,280	£534,918
2024	£525,108	£528,854
2025	£538,470	£520,266

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisability

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO AID AND IMPROVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT OR OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM THE CONDITION OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND OTHER CHRONIC SYMPTOMS AND CONDITIONS BY ANY LAWFUL MEANS INCLUDING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:-A) BY BRINGING TOGETHER PERSONS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND PERSONS INTERESTED IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;B) BY PROVIDING ADVICE GUIDANCE AND MORAL AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT FOR PERSONS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;C) BY PROVIDING ANY TREATMENT APPROVED BY THE MEMBERS AND ADMINISTERED BY APPROPRIATELY QUALIFIED PRACTITIONERS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04/11/1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/10/1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/08/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 13/08/2013

Trustees (8)

8trustees

71median age

4aged 70+

Geoffrey Trevor Mayellage band 70-74 Chair since 2022
Anthony Malcolm David Birdage band 85-89 since 2023
Caroline Blake-Symes since 2022
David Thomas Grantage band 55-59 since 2023
Helena Kathrine Marksage band 65-69 since 2026
Paul Spavenage band 70-74 since 2024
Steve Martyn Cocks since 2022
Tina Louise Ashleyage band 45-49 since 2025

Linked company (Companies House)

The West of England M.S. Therapy Centre Limited · 02312916 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 04/11/1988

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

Brightwell Neurological Support Centre Limited 5 shared trustees

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